Canada

A Nova Scotia advocacy group opposed to open-net salmon farms is criticizing the provincial government’s new coastal mapping tool, saying it does little more than promote an industry that deserves more scrutiny. The Healthy Bays Network held a news conference Wednesday in a church hall in Dartmouth, N.S., where several experts took aim at the online Coastal Classification System (CCS), unveiled by the province in July.The province’s Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture has said the interactive maps are designed to help aquaculture businesses with early stage planning. The maps are supposed to show the relative suitability of coastal areas for raising Atlantic salmon,…

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